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Windows 7: What exactly does raid do?

I have a question about what does RAID do? I heard there are many versions but are there any benefits to having RAID compared to just one hard drive running partitions? Im just wondering because I look to build a computer in the coming months (summer).

I have a question about what does RAID do? I heard there are many versions but are there any benefits to having RAID compared to just one hard drive running partitions? Im just wondering because I look to build a computer in the coming months (summer).

RAID serves two purposes: for those reckless speed demons, drag-racing on the wrong side of the highway at half-again the posted speed, there's RAID 0; and, for those stodgy ol' blokes who wear both a belt and suspenders ("braces" for you Brits), there are RAID(s) 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 (and a few others less well known).

What exactly does raid do?

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Hardware & Devices

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Installation & Setup

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Drivers

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General Discussion

Cannot boot from non-RAID image restored to RAID SSDOK, I was using one Vertex 120 as my Windows 7 C: drive and bought another to take advantage of RAID0 performance. Did a system image backup of the C: drive to my 1TB D: drive, installed the 2nd Vertex 120 (both are FW 1.5), enabled RAID in BIOS and created a RAID0 in the Intel RAID launch...

Backup and Restore

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